y ei) n uxon Junction, Kansas, October 31, 1863. Volume Two. Volume Two this day expires. Two years of unremitting toil have past We look back with satisfaction over our course, be- lieving it to be right and consistent. "We have weathered a storm of adversity and anti-"damn-black-abolition" that everybody could not We 6hall begin Volume Three sanguine, if our lives be spared, that when it closes, the Uxiov will not only be a self-supporting but a paying insti tution. With hearty thanks to our patrons for their support during the past, we would ask for its continuance. m ET The City Council meeta this evening. m m m ID" Colonel Wilson, ex-Sutler at Fort Riley, is in town. Hi3 family reside in St Joseph. m ID See Strecter & Stickler's new advertise ment They have a magnificent stock of goods. i JTJ" J. K. Bartletthas sold out the Leavenworth Times to the " Times Printing Company." Teams Wanted. To haul Wood to Fort Riley, at $2 per cord. Can make two trip3 each day. Streeter fc S...

Ar i PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS Unanimously Adopted by the Davis County Un ion Convention, at Janction City, Oct. 3d, 1863. Whereas, Oar forefathers, in order to perpetuate civil and religious liberty, and to hand down, unimpaired, those blessings to their children, entered into a solemn covenant in the Constitution of the United States, to protect and defend it from in ternal and external foes; and whereas, this great charter of American liberty clothes the Chief Magistrate of the Nation with nil the power of the sword to protect and defend it, and the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, in order that traitors may not plot in our niidtt to overthrow it, therefore, Resolved, That we are not only in favor of the most vigorous prosecution of the war, but of sustaining the President's Proclama tion of Freedom to Slaves and to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, and every other measure calculated to strengthen the Gov ernment and bring the war to a speedy close. Resolved, That the ...

S I) i )X n i a n . Junction City, Kansas, SATURDAY, NOV. 14, 1863. VOLUME THREE. The encouragement given The Smoky Hiix and BFruBLiCAvUxiox during the past two years has been sufficient to induce us to commence Volume Three. The newspaper business on the frontier is a dubious one ; and when a paper -weathers the troubles and trials of the frontier for two years, it may be considered as establish ed. We are further tempted to continue its pub lication, when we compare the support it has received with that which it will receive shortly, in consequence of the superior advantages of the great yalleys which, we may say, centres at this place. We may Bay it boastingly, ac will be allowed, that the Uniox appears better upon the npport of two hundred voters, than do papers hailing from counties casting four and five hun dred votes. This fact is sufficient encouragement in itself. W-e desire lo grow up with the country. A Railroad is pushing towards us as rapidly as possible. Our Salt Sprin...

&!) tlnixrn Junction, Kansas, Not. 14, 1863. Teams Wanted. To haul Wood to Sort Riley, at $2 per cord. Can make two trips each day. Streeter fc Strickler. Wood-choppers Wanted. We want ten hands to chop -wood on the Fort Riley Res ervation, at $1.50 per cord. Streeter fc Strckler i Corn Wanted. We will pay until farther notice, thirty-tljree cents per bushel for Cora in the ear, delivered to the Quartermaster at Fort Riley. Streeter & Strickler. a U C.K.Gilchrist, has been elected Prosecut ing Attorney for the Third Judicial District by a majority of One Hundred and Seventy over A. H. Case. The Junction rummies fought him bitterly. They're afraid of his indictments. EFThe subscriber will hear classes recite, out of school hours, in the Languages, or higher branches of English and Mathematics, if desired, and sufficient encouragement be given. H. A. WILCOX, A. M. 1, Laborers are wanted in this neighbor hood. Everything is at a stand-still for the want of help. m Notice. There...

WM f7Twer-(wsr PROCLAMATION. STATE OP KAKSi$l Executive Department, j Tn the observance of a universal custom, as old aa the Commonwealths of the Union, I, Thomas Carney, Governor of the State of Kansas, do hereby desigoale and set apart Thursday- tlie SGtli clay of Kovcinb'r, next, as a day of Thanks-giving and Prayer, The year now drawing to a close has been one of great prosperity to the people of this State. We have been blessed with genial skies and fruitful fields. Abundant har vests have compensated the labors of the husbandman. In the midst of a depopu lating and burdensome war, oar population lias steadily increased, and our material in terests have been advanced. On the jlathas bet apart, let us assem ble in our cuomary places of worship and render thank's to Almighty God for thu numberless blessings and mercies which nave crowned th year ;m for the divine wisdom which has directed, and the diviue power which has protected us. Let us be thankful for the success which has a...

mmmmxwemmma i i m'ift ,iy ii &)t VktiiBn . . iPi-MKSpT1 Junction City, Kansas, SVJfTJJiILY. 1STOV. 31, 1SG3. " A Goon Paver. The Smoky Hill nn J Re publican. Union, published at Junction City, Davis county, Kansas, has just'comnienced its third volume. ' W. K. Bartlett and S. 2&. Strickler nro the proprietors, and Wm. S. Blakely and George TV, Martin arc the editors and publishers. y Judged by typographical appearance, racy ability and genuine earnestness, there is not a better paper in Kansas. "Its conductors have the brains and the integritiy to make a good paper, and they never fail. " The notice vrc give them now, on the com mencement of their third volume, is entirely unsolicited, and the same which every faithful editor in Kansas would gladly write if he would stop a moment to think how much he was indebted to the Union. " Such a paper cannot be other than a com plete success." Leavenworth Conservative. NEWS GLEANINGS. Lieut. Gen. "NVinficld Scott voted the ttraiyht Un...

J Union. ( , Junction, Kansas, Not. 21, 1863. T Bring us Ecme wood we've used our own d all ourne;ghljors ITWiere will be a meeting to night at Tay lor's Hall to form a Singing School. ID By order of Major-General McDowel, the regimental officers of this District mot at Man- hattan to-day, to elect a Brigadier General. " m " JB" The Junction cavalry company meet to- day to elect a Captain, the position haying been made vacant by the promotion of Captain Price to the Odtonelcy of the regiment. AxHojle. laetatetwijl. W. R. Wilson, of the Arkansas Second Regiment, is in town, visiting fcia family. Glad to see htm he makes a fine looking officer, and has the ctal in his compo sition. '. XT k. correspondenl of the Conservative, oa the way tofortSimth, says: "Lieutenant Hen-deraoaof-companyof the Sixtli Kansas Cav ity, has dose most efficient service in arresting tHihwuekers, for they will rest from their labors," iNiX. llEAun ok John Baowx. We have been toll that there is man in this nei...

ilfgwfc'. 3 -55? f rkttlfuiil ttinur. The Fall Planting of Fruit Trees. It is a question often asked, which is the best time to plant trees, the fall or the spring ? As a general rule, vre an swer fall. Ther arc some situations where it might be advisable to defer planting until spring, but on any land suitable for an orchard no injury will result from fall planting. In a heavy, wet, retentive soil, such an one as no intelligent planter would occupy with trees, it would sometimes prove destruc tive to trees on account of tne undue quantity of water about the roots ; but death to trees in such soil would be no loss, as they never would make healthy trees if they did survive. Fall plant ing, then, in soil suited to fruit, may be considered the best. In the fall, as a general rule, there is more time to de vote to thoroughly preparing the ground for the reception of trees and no man can afford to slight his trees in planting. Tree planting is one of the things that it is most profitabl...

w..wH!in pfrjJiiftieriagMii38 ? 1-faiHnwtSftS. 52 !!wigicas- taC-i,rl n tl) je U n x xrit tel .j . Junction City,' Kansas, r"SAorcrRiA.Y, nov. ss, isg3. "WifiTWACD the Star of Emtiue, etc. The To peka Record informs us that the grading on the Pacific Railroad is finished six miles this side of Lawrence, and the work is still being pushed on most tigorously. Thh shows that Messrs. Hal let t Co. hae no idea of making a halt at Law rence, but will hasten the whole line forward to completion. The road -vwll undoubtedly be graded to Fort Riley by the 1st of May next. THE EMIGRATION QUESTION. The necessity and propriety of some action of the next State Legislature in reference to securing a portion of the emigration from Europe, is beiug generally discussed by the press, and the project waimly urged. It is proposed that the Legislature make an appropriation to defray the expenses of an agent, who shall present the claims of our Stale to the foreigner immediately upon his landing on fieedo...

ft XtiTixxit. Junction, Kansas, Nov. 28, 1363. 0"The City Council meets to-night. m-m f. They have Leon having heavy snows to the Wvst of us. The Western mail is thereby delayed- - O" The Council Grove Press neks us. " Dont 3-ou wish you had j-our tickets printed here too V Kb; we wanted tick-ts that could be read. D Analann of fire startled our citizens last Sunday. It was occasioned by a chimney taking fireofa Luther Hall's house. No damage done. Puomoted. Captan J. M. Graham, two years dgo commandant of Fort Riley, has been promo ted to Major of the Eighth Kansas Regiment. BniGADiEn. Senator Strickler was elected Brigadier General of the Militia for this District, at the meeting at Manhattan last Saturday. m m ETThe Junction Flouring Mill is pushed to its utmost at times to supply the demand. Their flonr gives universal satisfaction. m m IDGros3 fc Thiele have their bauds full all the time. We are like them, expect to be re warded for our industry. D" Thanksgiving Day was general...

-J,.-U?9&. -i Jjjrii W ttnw. -- n .- Horse Stable Floors. On tills "subject, tho Ohib Farmer says As the winter approaches, the pru dent horseman svill look to thG.condition of his stables, that they may be in order to receive his stock -when they can no longer be left to rangeupoir-the fields: "Where a. good,1 firm and dry footing can bc"secnred,it is better to have an earth iloor than to stand the horse on planks. We vrerc particularly pleased with the stables of the Lndd brothers, of Jeffer son county, during our visit to that pla'e. Tha brothers Updegraff have also their stable bottoms of earth, which on their limestone hillsides is firm and dry. Wni. II. Ladd has a nice smooth bottom to .his horse stable and sheep yard, made from quarry waste, packed like-a macadamized road, and so ce mented with lis own dust as to defy water or horse-shoes from penetrating it. With an earth floor, horses need less bedding than if compelled to stand upon planks. Speaking of bedding, reminds...

; , y'ff.fc-.TWi -.' "V--- rtv (t I) t Xtniori. Junction City, Kansas, SATUEDAY,DECEMBER G,1863. BRIGHTENING PROSPECT. Not since the first setting in of emigration toward "Western Kansas has the prospect been so bright aad flattering for our ultimate prosperity as at the present time. The gloom and depres sion of business naturally resulting from the feeling which pervaded the community during the first two years of the war a feeling of dis trust and anxiety as to our success in putting down the rebellion, causing capitalists to invest reluctantly and business men to avoid large ventures is fast passing away; and the encour agement inspired by the success of our armies on the field, and the friends of the Government at the ballot box, making the final triumph of the Union a3 near certain as human minds can divine it, is giving us new life, and Western KansaB is advancing with all the rapidity pos sible with her present scarcity of labor. It is no feverish Impulse that animates, but ...

S l I) t .IX it i xr n Junction, Kansas, Dec. 5, 1863. rr To-daj is the day set apart for drilling by general order from headquarters. m DA bountiful supply of greenbacks -were disburse?! to the troops at Fort Riley last week. D" The snow is driving in the Buffalo. One was killed on Mud Creek the other day. O See Proposals for Flour and ileal to supply Fort Riley. -- ID Uncle Samuel losftwo mules by the recent cold snap. They were frozen to death, some where beyond Salina. 1 o 55" Major Miller, Paymaster United States Army, passed through town last week on his. way to FortLnrned, to settle up with the troops there stationed. Married. On "Wednesda, the 11th of Novem ber, nt St. Mary's Mission, by the Rev. Father Deill, Colonel D. W. Scott, of Fort Riley, to Miss Camue J. Wilson, of Louisville, Pottawato mie count-, Kansas. Accident. Last Wednesday morning, as a squad of Captain Adams' men were drilling,one of the horses fell down, throwing its rider. Sev eral horses past over hi in. ...

4 OT u wMfiiral Column. Things that Farmers Should Know. Everything that tends to increase the profit of farming must directly or indi rectly benefit the farmer by raising the value of his land. Every 'effect has its cause, and there are unfortunately so many preventible losses in agriculture, that I propose one by one to enumerate them. Animals differ in no degree from our selves in the appreciation of a dry bed and a dry skin, a -warm corner in winter and a cool one in summer. How im ploringly will cattle and sheep stand at at the field gate in bad weather, when they know there is shelter for them else where. How quickly sheep will avail themselves of a wooden hurdle, a hard rqad, or even a wheelbarrow or a piece of board to lay upon, so as to avoid contact ;ith the wet ground: to them damp sheets. It is :i well known and admitted fact that a saving of one-third in food icsults from providing shelter when required. Add this gain, or de duct the 08 per cent of loss over fifty six m...

..4 l) t Vinton,. 1 Junction City, Kansas, SA.TTTRr)A.Y, DEC. 12, 1863. THE BIGHT OF VOLUNTEERS TO VOTE. Wc published, two weeks ago, an article on this subject written by Hon. Kobert McBrat ney for the Leavenworth Coiitervathe, and which, wcpiesume, has been read by most of 4he reading men of the State by this time. We have been aware for some time past that Mr. MclJratney held the view of the Constitu tion set forth in the aiticle, and have frequent ly urged him to make public his conviction upon the subject, but inasmuch as the weight of legal opinion, legislative opinion, Guberna torial opinion and newspaper opinion was committed in favor of the necessity of an amendment of the Constitution, he was reluct ant to do so. The aiticlo was finally written at our solicitation, and wc confess that we have marked with no little interest the effect' which its masteily exposition of the true intent and meaning of a rather foggy provision of- our State Constitution is having upon public op...